Cops Punished In Fatal Crash

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August 10, 2001

NEW YORK -- Seventeen New York City police officers, including a precinct commander, have been disciplined for their actions in the hours before a colleague allegedly ran down three family members while driving to work. Authorities said he was drunk. Officer Joseph Gray, a 15-year veteran, is charged with multiple counts of manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and other offenses in the deadly accident. He has been suspended from the force. Before the crash Saturday, Gray had been drinking with colleagues at a strip club and in a police parking lot next to the 72nd Precinct stationhouse, investigators have said.